Legacy Puppy - Booting problem

[memo]

Hi all,

I am trying to boot legacy on my old laptop (IBM thinkpad) Processor 1.5 GHZ, and 1 GIG ram. However I got this error message;

ERROR, cannot find Puppy on 'idecd' boot media

PUPMODE=1 PDEV=

Exited to initial-ramdisk (/dev/ram0) command line ...

(the linux-guru can now debug, 'e3' editor is available)

/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off

any ideas How to solve it ?[/quote]

[Smithy]

Can you boot any OS or Repair CD from your drive?

That’s a John Biles affair is it not.
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=legacy

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[memo]

Can you boot any OS or Repair CD from your drive?

That’s a John Biles affair is it not.
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=legacy

Scroll to the bottom for comments.

yes I can load any other Puppy version in the pindrive, I donot have cD rom in that laptop, so I only can use the flashdrive.

[Gordie]

Hi all,

I am trying to boot legacy on my old laptop (IBM thinkpad) Processor 1.5 GHZ, and 1 GIG ram. However I got this error message;

ERROR, cannot find Puppy on 'idecd' boot media

PUPMODE=1 PDEV=

Exited to initial-ramdisk (/dev/ram0) command line ...

(the linux-guru can now debug, 'e3' editor is available)

/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off

any ideas How to solve it ?

[/quote]

It appears that your computer is looking for a CD drive. Are you using an isohrbrid image?

[Gordie]

Hi all,

I am trying to boot legacy on my old laptop (IBM thinkpad) Processor 1.5 GHZ, and 1 GIG ram. However I got this error message;

ERROR, cannot find Puppy on 'idecd' boot media

PUPMODE=1 PDEV=

Exited to initial-ramdisk (/dev/ram0) command line ...

(the linux-guru can now debug, 'e3' editor is available)

/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off

any ideas How to solve it ?

[/quote]

It appears that your computer is looking for a CD drive. Are you using an iso hybrid image?

[memo]

[/quote]

It appears that your computer is looking for a CD drive. Are you using an iso hybrid image?[/quote]

I have n CD player in my laptop, so it is on a flashdrive, i put the iso on the flash drive using an app called unetbootin. I use it with all other puppies and they boot smoothly.

I did not quite understand what you mean with hybrid image, and how to check for that.

[pcplague2]

Legacy is for pentium II machines that have CD (and can't boot from usb) so that's why is looking for it , newer puppys work better with USB.
What is your CPU model? I see you have 1Gb ram.
Now I'm testing in a 1Gb mem Pentium III M (1.2 GHz has no SSE2)

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http://www.mediafire.com/file/cc6m3wc6wtq95ln/tahr-6.0.6-k4.1.30-uefi.iso

from
Tahrpup 6.0.6 with the 4.1.30 Kernel & updated apps

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=112725

Used rufus to burn image in a windows machine.
And for now I'm satisfied with it. Using puppy for 2 weeks and loving it.
Good luck

[memo]

thanks pcplague2 for your suggestions. I ususally use xenialpup, but I were interested to try this OS. if I understand you correctly, you mean that , there is no quick fix to this CD problem that I can use to boot from a flash driver?

[pcplague2]

there might be a way like easy os or easy pup is installed.

https://easyos.org/install/easy-frugal- ... ation.html

Good luck

[memo]

after hundered of failed attempts I discovered it and I thought to post t here just in case someone needed it int he future.

in the boot screen enter the code

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puppy pfix=ram PMEDIA=usbflash

the original solution is from

https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... ux-899800/